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Compassion for Humanity in the Jewish Tradition (Hardcover)
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For many Jews and non-Jews, the Torah, the Talmud and other
rabbinic writings have long been interpreted as saying that the
Jews alone are God's chosen people. According to Sears, The Path of
the Baal Shem Tov, such readings have led to a struggle among Jews
between assimilation-losing their particular Jewish identity-and
withdrawal-preserving their particular Jewish identity and
surviving as a people. Sears contends that this struggle between
particularism and universalism is often misguided, for he argues
that the particularism of Judaism engenders a "model of
spirituality and moral refinement that will inspire the rest of the
world to turn to God of its own accord." In order to demonstrate
the depth from which Judaism speaks in a universalistic voice,
Sears collects a wide range of sources from a number of periods in
Jewish history. In the section on "Judaism and Non-Jews," the
Talmudic teaching of Rabbi Yochanan, "Whoever speaks wisdom,
although he is a non-Jew, is a sage," urges respect for the wisdom
of other traditions. In the section on "The Chosen People," two
Midrash passages demonstrate the idea of Israel as spiritual model:
"God gave the Torah to the Jewish people so that all nations might
benefit by it"; "Just as the [sacrifice of the dove] atones for
transgression, Israel atones for the nations of the world."
Finally, in a section on "Messianic Vision," Sears argues that
Jewish writings state that it is the Messiah's primary task to
return the "entire world" to God and God's teachings. Sears's
extensive sourcebook is a rich collection of primary writings on
the role of compassion in the Jewish tradition. (Sept.)
-Publisher's Weekly
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